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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Courts - "Man accused of impersonating lawyer won't be own attorney"
From an AP story by Dale Wetzel, published today by the LCJ:
BISMARCK, N.D. -- A man accused of impersonating a lawyer in federal courts in 10 states including Kentucky has pleaded not guilty to two felony charges -- and says he will not act as his own attorney in the case.Court records say Howard O. Kieffer, 53, represented several clients, including a former St. Louis Blues hockey player who pleaded guilty to plotting to kill his agent and a Colorado woman who was convicted of soliciting the murder of her former husband.
Neither target was harmed.
At Kieffer's arraignment Monday, U.S. Magistrate Charles Miller scheduled his trial for Nov. 18 in Bismarck. * * *
Court documents show Kieffer was hired to work on cases in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota and Missouri.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 17, 2008 08:01 AM
Posted to Courts in general